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TIL a Scottish University discovered a drug which combats leukaemia… in the nation’s favourite drink - Irn Bru.

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ND6Q TIL that in 1987, Myanmar lowered its official literacy rate from 79% to 19% in order to qualify for least developed country status to receive UN debt relief.
4XykN TIL The common characteristics of Prader-Willi syndrome include small hands and feet, abnormal growth and body composition (small stature, very low lean body mass, and early-onset childhood obesity), hypotonia (weak muscles) at birth, insatiable hunger, extreme obesity, and intellectual disability
wGvW TIL British police cars carry teddy bears to console children after accidents
loAy7 TIL during the 1930s, George Ross Gyssling was Hitler’s man in Hollywood, placed there to ensure studios complied with the Führer and the suggested cuts or risk anti-Nazi themed films being barred in Germany. But unbeknown to his bosses, he was a double agent passing valuable intelligence to US
Mn7b TIL in Paris in 1778 lightning rods were the height of fashion, being included in hats, umbrellas and the like.